Woman extorted almost $10M from boyfriend, claims she was pregnant — court hears

A 33-year-old woman accused of extorting almost $10M from a man by claiming she was pregnant for him has pleaded not guilty to two counts of obtaining money by false pretense at her arraignment on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Appearing before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus was Shevaun Bobb, a resident of Nelson Street, Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Particulars of the first charge stated that between December 1 and 11, 2019, at Georgetown, with the intent to defraud, she obtained $590,000 from Chidibere Collins Edeh by falsely pretending that she was pregnant with his child.
Bobb, the second charge stated, between December 14, 2019 and August 14, 2021, at Georgetown, obtained $9,300,200 from Edeh by falsely pretending that she had given birth to his child.
The court heard that Bobb and Edeh met at sometime in 2018 at a club. Bobb introduced herself to the man as Amelia Gobin, according to the prosecution’s short facts.
They, however, lost contact, but reconnected in November 2019 after Edeh received a message from a woman believed to be Bobb via Facebook, said the prosecutor.
According to the prosecutor, in that message, Bobb told the man that she was involved in an accident and that she needed money to go overseas for treatment.
The complainant claimed that he sent monies in the name of Shevaun Bobb via MoneyGram and Western Union, but after finding out that the woman had been lying to him, he reported the matter to the Police. It was later discovered that her real name was Shevaun Bobb.
Bail was granted to Bobb in the sum of $400,000 after no objections were raised by the prosecution. Her next court date is September 20. (G1)